Primary Activities & Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes

Primary Activities &
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes
Federal regulations require sites with primary activities and/or SIC codes that fall under any of the eleven categories of industrial
activity, defined at 40 CFR 122.26(b)(14)(i)-(xi) except category (x) to obtain permit coverage or certify a condition of no exposure.
The facilities classified with the following primary activities and/or SIC codes are required to obtain NPOES storm water permit
coverage or certify a condition of no exposure
Primary Activities:
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Hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities (including those that are operating under interim status or a permit
under Subtitle C of the RCRA).
Landfills (active, inactive, or closed) and land application sites that receive or have received industrial wastes
Steam electric power generating facilities, including coal handling sites
Wastewater Treatment Facilities (or other treatment works) with a design flow of at least 1.0 million gallons per day (MGO).
Facilities involved in the recycling of material, including metal scrapyards, battery reclaimers, salvage yards, and automobile
junkyards, including, but not limited to those classified as SIC 5015 and 5093.
Transportation activities at facilities classified by the SIC codes listed in the box on Page 5 are required to obtain coverage if the
facility conducts any vehicle maintenance and/or it operates maintenance shops, equipment cleaning, or airport de-icing . Vehicle
maintenance means fueling, vehicle rehabilitation, mechanical repairs, painting, and lubrication.. Includes SIC groups 40-45,
(except 4221-4225) and 5171 For a complete description see listing under Transportation (box, Page 5).
SIC Codes:
Mining
Manufacturing
Metal Mining
1011 lronores
1021 Copper ores
1031 Lead and zinc ores
1041 Gold ores
1044 Silver ores
1061 Ferroalloy ores (except vanadium)
1081 Metal Mining Services
1094 Uranium-radium-vanadium ores
1099 Miscellaneous metal ores, not elsewhere classified (NEC)
Food
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2013
2015
2021
2022
2023
2024
2026
2032
2033
2034
2035
Coal Mining
1221 Bituminous coal and lignite surface mining
1222 Bituminous coal underground mining
1231 Anthracite mining
1241 Coal Mining Services
Oil and Gas Extract;on
1311 Crude petroleum and natural gas
1321 Natural gas liquids
1381 Oil and gas well drilling
1382 Oil and gas field exploration services
1389 Oil and gas field services, NEC
Min ina and Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (exceot fuels)
1411 Dimension stone
1422 Crushed and broken limestone
1423 Crushed and broken granite
1429 Crushed and broken stone, NEC
1442 Construction sand and gravel
1446 Industrial sand
1455 Kaolin and ball clay
1459 Clay, ceramic and refractory minerals, NEC
1474 Potash, soda and borate minerals
1475 Phosphate rock
1479 Chemical and fertilizer minerals mining NEC
1481 Nonmetallic minerals services
1499 Miscellaneous nonmetallic minerals except fuels
2037
2038
2041
2043
2044
2045
2046
2047
2048
2051
2052
2053
2061
2062
2063
2064
2066
2067
2068
207 4
2075
2076
2077
2079
and Kindred Products
Meat packing plants
Sausages and other prepared meat products
Poultry slaughtering and processing
Creamery butter
Natural, processed and imitation cheese
Dry, condensed and evaporated dairy products
lee cream and frozen desserts
Fluid milk
Canned specialties
Canned fruits, vegetables, preserves, jams and jellies
Dried & dehydrated fruits, vegetables and soup mixes
Pickled fruits & vegetables sauces, seasonings, and salad
dressings
Frozen fruits. fruit juices, and vegetables
Frozen specialties, NEC
Flour and other grain mill products
Cereal breakfast foods
Rice milling
Prepared ftour mixes and doughs
Wet corn milling
Dog and cat food
Prepared animal and foul feeds (except dog and cat food)
Bread and other bakery products (except cookies and
crackers)
Cookies and crackers
Frozen bakery products (except bread)
Cane sugar (except refining)
Cane sugar refining
Beet sugar
Candy and other confectionary products
Chocolate and other cocoa products
Chewing gum
Salted & roasted nuts and seeds
Cottonseed oil mills
Soybean oil mills
Vegetable oil mills, except corn, cottonseed and soybean
Animal & marine fats and oils
Shortening margarine & other fats and oils NEC
2082 Malt beverages
2083 Malt
2084 Wines, brandy and brandy spirits
2085 Distilled and blended liquors
2086 Bottled & canned soft drinks and carbonated waters
2087 Flavoring extracts and flavoring syrups, NEG
2091 Canned & cured fish and seafoods
2092 Prepared fresh or frozen fish and seafoods
2095 Roasted coffee
2096
2097
2098
2099
Potato chips, corn chips and similar snacks
Manufactured ice
Macaroni, spaghetti, vermicelli and noodles
Food preparations NEG
Tobacco Products
2111 Cigarettes
2121 Cigars
2131 Chewing & smoking tobacco and snuff
2141 Tobacco stemming and redrying
Textile Miff Products
2211 Broadwoven cotton mills
2221 Broadwoven manmade fiber and silk mills
2231 Broadwoven wool mills
2241 Narrow cotton, wool, silk, and manmade fiber mills
2251
2252
2253
2254
2257
2258
2259
Women's full-·length and knee-length hosiery (except socks)
Hosiery, NEG
Knit outerwear mills
Knit underwear and nightwear mills
Weft knit fabric mills
Lace and warp knit fabric mills
Knitting mills, NEG
2261 Broadwoven cotton finishing plants
2262
2269
2273
2281
Broadwoven manmade fiber and silk finishing plants
Textile finishing plants, NEG
Carpets and rugs
Yam spinning mills
2282 Yam texturizing, throwing, twisting, and winding mills
2284
2295
2296
2297
2298
2299
Thread mills
Coated fabrics, not rubberized
Tire cord and fabrics
Nonwoven fabrics
Cordage and twine
Textile goods, NEG
Aoparel and Other Finished Products Made from Fabrics and
Similar Materials
2311 Men's and boys' suits, coats, and overcoats
2321 Men's and boys' shirts (except work shirts)
2322 Men's and boys' underwear and nightwear
2323 Men's and boys' neckwear
2325 Men's and boys' separate trousers and slacks
2326 Men's and boys' work clothing
2329 Men's and boys clothing, NEG
2331 Women's, misses' & juniors' blouses and shirts
2335 Women's, misses' & juniors' dresses
2337 Women s. misses' & juniors· suits, skirts, and coats
2339 Women's, misses' & juniors' outerwear
2341 Women's, misses children's, and infants' underwear and
nightwear
2342 Brassieres, girdles and allied garments
2353 Hats. caps and millinery
2361 Girl's, children's & infants' dresses. blouses & shirts
2369 Girl's, children s & infants outerwear NEC
2371 Furgoods
2381 Dress and work gloves (except knit and all-leather)
2384 Robes and dressing gowns
2385 Waterproof outerwear
2386 Leather and sheep-lined clothing
2387 Apparel belts
2389
2391
2392
2393
2394
2395
Apparel and accessories. NEC
Curtains and draperies
Housefumishings (except curtains and draperies)
Textile bags
Canvas and related products
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Pleating, decorative and novelty stitching, tucking for the
trade
2396 Automotive trimmings, apparel findings and related products
2397 Schiffii machine embroideries
2399 Fabricated textile products, NEG
Lumber and Wood Products
2421 Sawmills and planning mills-general
2426 Hardwood dimension and flooring mills
Special products sawmills, NEG
Millwork
Wood kitchen cabinets
Hardwood veneer and plywood
Softwood veneer and plywood
Structural wood members, NEG
Nailed and lock corner wood boxes and shook
Wood pallets and skids
Wood containers, NEG
Mobile homes
2452 Prefabricated wood buildings and components
2491 Wood preserving
2493 Reconstituted wood products
2499 Wood products, NEG
2429
2431
2434
2435
2436
2439
2441
2448
2449
2451
Furniture and Fixtures
2511 Wood household furniture (except upholstered)
2512 Upholstered wood household furniture
2514 Metal household furniture
2515 Mattresses, foundations, & convertible beds
2517 Wood TV, radio, phonograph and sewing machine cabinets
2519 Household furniture, NEG
2521 Wood office furniture
2522 Office furniture (except wood)
2531 Public building and related furniture
2541 Wood office & store fixtures, partitions, shelving and lockers
2542 Office & store fixtures, partitions and shelving (except
wood)
2591 Drapery hardware, window blinds and shades
2599 Furniture and fixtures, NEG
Paper and Allied Products
2611 Pulp mills
2621 Paper mills
2631 Paperboard mills
2652 Setup paperboard boxes
2653 Corrugated and solid fiber boxes
2655 Fiber cans, tubes, drums, and similar products
Sanitary food containers (except folding)
Folding paperiboard boxes, including sanitary
Packaging paper & plastics film (coated and laminated)
Coated and laminated paper, NEG
Plastics, foil and coated paper bags
Uncoated paper and multiwall bags
2675 Die-cut paper, paperboard and cardboard
2676 Sanitary paper products
2677 Envelopes
2678 Stationary, tablets, and related products
2679 Converted paper and paperboard products NEG
2656
2657
2671
2672
2673
2674
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.=rintinq. Publishma and Allied Industries
2711
2721
2731
2732
2741
2752
2754
2759
2761
2771
2782
2789
2791
2796
Newspaper publishing or newspaper publishing and printing
Periodical publishing or periodical publishing and printing
Book publishing or book publishing and printing
Book printing
Miscellaneous publishing
Commercial lithographic printing
Commercial gravure printing
Commercial printing, NEG
Manifold business fonms
Greeting cards
Blankbooks, looseleaf binders, and devices
Bookbinding and related work
Typesetting
Platemaking and related services
3088 Plastics plumbing, fixtures
3089 Plastics products NEG
Leather and Leather Products
3111
3131
3142
3143
3144
3149
3151
3161
3171
3172
Leather tanning and finishing
Boot & shoe cut stock and findings
House slippers
Men's footwear (except athletic)
Women's footwear (except athletic)
Footwear (except rubber), NEG
Leather gloves and mittens
Luggage
Women's handbags and purses
Personal leather goods (except women's handbags and
purses)
3199 Leather goods, NEG
Chemicals and Allied Products
2812 Alkalies and chlorine
2813 Industrial gases
2816 Inorganic pigments
2819 Industrial inorganic pigments, NEG
2821 Plastic materials, synthetic resins and elastomers
2822 Synthetic rubber (vulcanizable elastomers)
2823 Cellulosic manmade fibers
2824 Manmade organic fibers, except cellulosic
2833 Medicinal chemicals and botanical products
2834 Phanmaceutical preparations
2835 In vitro and in vivo diagnostic substances
2836 Biological products (except diagnostic substances)
2841 Soap and other detergents, except specialty cleaning
2842 Specialty cleaning, polishing and sanitation preparations
2843 Surface active agents, finishing agents and sulfonated oils
2844 Perfumes, cosmetics and other toilet preparations
2851 Paints, varnishes, lacquers, enamels and allied products
2861 Gum and wood chemicals
2865 Cyclic organic crudes and intermediates and organic dyes
2869 Industrial organic chemicals, NEG
2873 Nitrogenous fertilizers
2874 Phosphatic fertilizers
2875 Fertilizers, mixing only
2879 Pesticides and agricultural chemicals, NEG
2891 Adhesives and sealants
2892 Explosives
2893 Printing ink
2895 Carbon black
2899 Chemicals and chemical preparations, NEC
Petroleum Refinina and Related Industries
2911
2951
2952
2992
2999
Petroleum refining
Asphalt paving mixtures and blocks
Asphalt felts and coatings
Lubricating oils and greases
Petroleum and coal products, NEG
Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products
3011
3021
3052
3053
3061
3069
3081
3082
3083
3084
3085
3086
3087
Tires and inner tubes
Rubber and plastic footwear
Rubber, plastic hose, and belting
Gaskets, packing and sealing devices
Molded, extruded and lathe-cut mechanical rubber goods
Fabricated rubber products, NEG
Unsupported plastics film and sheet
Unsupported plastics profile shapes
Laminated plastics plate, sheet and profile shapes
Plastics pipe
Plastics bottles
Plastics foam products
Custom compounding of purchased plastics resins
Stone. Clav. Glass and Concrete Products
3211
3221
3229
3231
3241
3251
3253
3255
3259
3261
3262
3263
3264
3269
3271
3272
3273
3274
3275
3281
3291
3292
3295
3296
3297
3299
Flat glass
Glass containers
Pressed & blown glass and glassware
Glass products, made of purchased glass
Hydraulic cement
Brick and structural clay tile
Ceramic wall and ftoor tile
Clay refractories
Structural clay products, NEG
Vitreous china plumbing fixtures and bathroom fittings
Vitreous china table and kitchen articles
Fine earthenware (whiteware) table and kitchen articles
Porcelain electrical supplies
Pottery products, NEG
Concrete block and brick
Concrete products, except block and brick
Ready-mixed concrete
Lime
Gypsum products
Cut stone and stone products
Abrasive products
Asbestos products
Ground or otherwise treated minerals and earths
Mineral wool
Nonclay refractories
Nonmetallic mineral products, NEG
Primary Meta/Industries
3312 Steel works, blast furnaces (including coke ovens) and
rolling mills
3313 Electrometallurgical products except steel
3315 Steel wiredrawing, nails, and spikes
3316 Cold-rolled steel sheet, strip and bars
3317 Steel pipe and tubes
3321 Gray and ductile iron foundries
3322 Malleable iron foundries
3324 Steel investment foundries
3325 Steel foundries, NEG
3331 Primary copper smelting and refining
3334 Primary aluminum production
3339 Primary nonferrous metals smelting and refining, NEC
3341 Secondary nonferrous metals smelting and refining
3351 Copper rolling, drawing and extruding
3353 Aluminum sheet, plate and foil
3354 Aluminum extruded products
3355 Aluminum rolling and drawing, NEC
3356 Nonferrous metals rolling, drawing, and extruding NEC
3357 Nonferrous wire drawing and insulating
3363 Aluminum die-castings
3364 Nonferrous die-castings, except aluminum
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3365 Aluminum foundries
3366 Copper foundries
3369 Nonferrous foundries, except aluminum and copper
3398 Metal heat treating
3399 Primary metal products, NEC
Fabricated Metal Products except Machinery and Transportation
Equipment
3411 Metal cans
3412 Metal shipping barrels, drums, kegs, and pails
3421 Cutlery
3423 Hand and edge tools (except machine tools and handsaws)
3425 Saw blades and handsaws
3429 Hardware, NEC
3431 Enameled iron and metal sanitary ware
3432 Plumbing fixtures and trim
3433 Heating equipment (except electric and warm air furnaces)
3441 Fabricated structural metal
3442 Metal doors, frames, sash, molding and trim
3443 Fabricated plate work (boiler shops)
3444 Sheet metal work
3446 Architectural and ornamental metal work
3448 Prefabricated metal buildings and components
3449 Miscellaneous structural metal work
3451 Screw machine products
3452 Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets, and washers
3462 Iron and steel forgings
3463 Nonferrous forgings
3465 Automotive stampings
3466 Crowns and closures
3469 Metal stampings, NEC
3471 Electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring
3479 Coating, engraving, and allied services, NEC
3482 Small arms ammunition
3483 Ammunition (except small arms)
3484 Small arms
3489 Ordnance and accessories, NEC
3491 Industrial valves
3492 Fluid power valves and hose fittings
3493 Steel springs (except wire)
3494 Valves and pipe fittings, NEC
3495 Wire springs
3496 Miscellaneous fabricated wire products
3497 Metal foil and leaf
3498 Fabricated pipe and pipe fittings
3499 Fabricated metal products, NEC
Industrial and Commercial Machinery and Computer Equipment
Steam, gas & hydraulic turbines and generator units
Internal combustion engines, NEC
Farm machinery and equipment
Lawn & garden tractors and home lawn & garden
equipment
3531 Construction machinery and equipment
3532 Mining machinery and equipment (except oil and gas field)
3533 Oil & gas machinery and equipment
3534 Elevators and moving stairways
3535 Conveyors and conveying equipment
3536 Overhead traveling cranes, hoists, and monorail systems
3537 Industrial trucks, tractors, trailers, and stackers
3541 Metal cutting machine tools
3542 Metal forming machine tools
3543 Industrial patterns
3544 Special dies, tools, die sets, jigs, fixtures and molds
3545 Cutting tools. accessories and precision measuring devices
3546 Power-driven handtools
3547 Rol!ing mil! machinery and equipment
3548 Electric & gas welding and soldering equipment
3511
3519
3523
3524
3549 Metalworking machinery, NEC
3552 Textile machinery
3553
3554
3555
3556
3559
3561
3562
3563
3564
3565
3566
3567
3568
3569
3571
3572
3575
3577
3578
3579
3581
3582
3585
3586
3589
3592
3593
3594
3596
3599
Woodworking machinery
Paper industries machinery
Printing trades machinery and equipment
Food products machinery
Special industry machinery, NEC
Pumps and pumping equipment
Ball and roller bearings
Air and gas compressors
Industrial & commercial fans, blowers and air purification
equipment
Packaging machinery
Speed changers, industrial high speed drives and gears
Industrial process furnaces and ovens
Mechanical power transmission equipment, NEC
General industrial machinery and equipment, NEC
Electronic computers
Computer storage devices
Computer terminals
Computer peripheral equipment, NEC
Calculating and accounting machines (except electronic
computers)
Office machines, NEC
Automatic vending machines
Commercial laundry, dryc!eaning, and pressing machines
Air-conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment
Measuring and dispensing pumps
Service industry machinery, NEC
Carburetors, pistons, piston rings, and valves
Fluid power cylinders and actuators
Fluid power pumps and motors
Scales and balances (except laboratory)
Industrial & commercial machinery and equipment, NEC
Electronic and other Electrical Equipment and Components
(except Computer Equipment)
3612 Power, distribution and specialty transformers
3613 Switchgear and switchboard apparatus
3621 Motors and generators
3624 Carbon and graphite products
3625 Relays and industrial controls
3629 Electrical industrial apparatus, NEC
3631 Household cooking equipment
3632 Household refrigerators and home & farm freezers
3633 Household laundry equipment
3634 Electric housewares and fans
3635 Household vacuum cleaners
3639 Household appliances, NEC
3641 Electric lamp bulbs and tubes
3643 Current-carrying wiring devices
3644 Noncurrent-carrying wiring devices
3645 Residential electric lighting fixtures
3646 Commercial, industrial and institutional electric lighting
fixtures
3647 Vehicular lighting equipment
3648 Lighting equipment, NEC
3651 Household audio and video equipment
3652 Phonograph records and prerecorded audio tapes & disks
3661 Telephone and telegraph apparatus
3663 Radio and TV broadcasting & communications equipment
3669 Communications equipment NEG
3E71 Electron bulbs
3672 Printed circuit boards
367 4 Semiconductors and related devices
3675 Electronic capacitors
3676 Electronic resistors
3677 Electronic coils, transformers, and other inductors
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3678 Electronic connectors
3679 Electronic components NEG
3691, Storage batteries
3692 Primary batteries (dry and wet)
3694 Electrical equipment for internal combustion engines
3695 Magnetic and optical recording media
3699 Electrical machinery, equipment and supplies. NEG
Transportation Eauipment
3711 Motor vehicles and passenger car bodies
3713 Truck and bus bodies
3714 Motor vehicle parts and accessories
3715 Truck trailers
3716 Motor homes
3721 Aircraft
3724 Aircraft engines and engine parts
3728 Aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment, NEG
3731 Ship building and repairing
3732 Boat building and repairing
3743 Railroad equipment
3751 Motorcycles, bicycles, and parts
3761 Guided missiles and space vehicles
3764 Guided missile and space vehicle propulsion units & parts
3769 Guided missile and space vehicle parts & equipment, NEG
3792 Travel trailers and campers
3795 Tanks and tank components
3799 Transportation equipment, NEG
Measuring. Analvzing. and Controlfina Instruments.·
Photographic. Medical and Optical Goods: and Watches and
Clocks
3812 Search, detection, navigation, and guidance systems
3821 Laboratory apparatus and furniture
3822 Automatic environmental and appliance controls
3823 Process measurement, display, and control instruments
3824 Totalizing fluid meters and counting devices
3825 Electricity & signal measurement and testing instruments
3826 Laboratory analytical instruments
3827 Optical instruments and lenses
3829 Measuring and controlling devices, NEG
3841 Surgical & medical instruments and apparatus
3842 Orthopedic, prosthetic and surgical appliances and
supplies
3843 Dental equipment and supplies
3844 X-Ray apparatus & tubes and related irradiation
apparatus
3845 Electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus
3851 Ophthalmic goods
3861 Photographic equipment and supplies
3873 Watche~. clocks, clockwork operated devices & parts
Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries
3911 Precious metal jewelry
3914 Silverware, plated ware, and stainless steel ware
3915 Jewelers' findings and materials and lapidary work
3931 Musical instruments
3942 Dolls and stuffed toys
3944 Games, toys, and children s vehicles (except dolls and
bicycles)
3949 Sporting and athletic goods, NEC
3951 Pens, mechanical pencils, and parts
3952 Lead pencils, crayons and artists' materials
3953 Marking devices
3955 Carbon paper and inked ribbons
3961 Costume jewelry and novelties (except precious metal)
3965 Fasteners, buttons, needles and pins
3991 Brooms and brushes
3993
3995
3996
3999
Signs and advertising specialties
Burial caskets
Linoleum and other hard surface floor coverings NEG
Manufacturing industries NEC
TransPortation Activities
401 1 - 4215 (see below)
4221 Farm product warehousing and storage
4222 Refrigerated warehousing and storage
4225 General warehousing and storage
4226-4581 (see below)
Durable Goods
5015 Used motor vehicle parts
5093 Scrap and waste materials
Transportation (see note in Primary Activities)
Railroad Transoortation
4011 Line-haul railroad operation
4013 Railroad switching and terminal establishments
Local and Suburban Transit and Interurban Hiahwav Passenaer
Transoortation
4111 Local and suburban transit
4119 Local passenger transportation, NEC
4121 Taxicab service
4131 Intercity and rural bus transportation
4141 Local bus charter service
4142 Bus charter service, except local
4151 School bus operation
4173 Terminal and service facilities for passenger transportation
Motor Freight Transportation and Warehousing
4212 Local trucking without storage
4213 Trucking, except local
4214 Local trucking with storage
4215 Courier service, except by air
4226 Special warehousing and storage, NEC
4231 Trucking terminal and maintenance facilities
United States Post Office
4311 United States Postal Service
Water Transportation
4412 Deep sea foreign freight transportation
4424 Deep sea domestic freight transportation
4432 Freight transportation on the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence
Seaway
4449 Water freight transportation, NEG
4481 Deep sea passenger transportation, NEC
4482 Ferry operation
4489 Water passenger operation NEC
4491 Marine cargo handling
4492 Towing and tugboat services
4493 Marina operation
4499 Water transportation services, NEC
TransPortation by Air
4512 Scheduled air transportation
4513 Air courier services
4522 Nonscheduled air transportation
4581 Airports, flying fields, and airport terminal services
Nondurable Goods
5171 Petroleum bulk stations and terminals
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